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Make Your Business Carbon Neutral
With environmental concerns taking centre stage, businesses and organisations are realising the benefits of setting their business on a carbon neutral target.
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About Being a Carbon Neutral BusinessFor businesses to stop contributing to climate change they need to become carbon neutral. This is achieved by balancing your business's carbon emissions with an equivalent amount being sequestered or offset. Generally all greenhouse gases (e.g. methane, nitrous oxide, etc.) are included in the… -
Avoid Genetically Modified (GM) Food
Avoid eating Genetically Modified (GM) Food and demand more thorough testing and mandatory labelling of genetic crops and foods.
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Scientists are altering and augmenting the genetic make up of our food crops to increase crop yields by making the plants pest resistant, herbicide tolerant, disease resistant, cold, drought, salinity tolerant, etc and to improve the nutrition of the crop and/or to provide pharmaceutical properties via the crop to the end consumer. These crops are producing what is no… -
Food and Drink
The food and drink we consume influences how it is produced and to a certain degree it's quality.
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If eating healthy local produce is important, then how can we as consumers, encourage more sustainable production, manufacturing and distribution?
Food and Drink Actions
Eat organic food
Too many pesticides, herbicides and fungicides
in your food? Try eating organic.
Eat less meat
Replace at least one meat meal per week with a vegetarian option. Land used for beans and vegetables produces… -
Food Safety
Under the NSW Food Regulation Partnership, Council is responsible for monitoring and enforcement of all retail food businesses within the Shire. Council inspects all retail premises on an annual basis to check compliance with the Food Safety Standards. Food businesses that are registered with Council include:
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retail food outlets, such as cafes, restaurants and takeaway stores
supermarkets
mobile food outlets
school canteens
childcare centres that provide food
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Food Waste and Composting
Australian households dispose of thousands of dollars of food each year. Discover some sustainable ways of disposing of food waste.
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Food Composting and Educational Sites
Food Wise
Food Wise provides some amazing tips, tricks and information about reducing food waste. Food Wise provides information on seasonal foods, composting, fair trade and more.
If you find you don't know what to do with left over food, Food Wise also houses some amazing recipes to use up your leftover foods. The fo… -
Grow Your Own Food
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Home organic gardening helps to reduce mass agricultural production, which is responsible for 25 per cent of greenhouse gases. It also absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere into your own backyard.
The current processes used by agricultural food businesses are often not sustainable. Massive environmental degradation occurs through excessive water and energy consumption. Environmental pollution and biodiversity loss also result from these practices. Growing our own food in our own… -
Recycle Organic Waste
Nutrient recycling is the foundation of life. Today's organic waste is tomorrow's lunch, so look after those worms and compost piles.
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Much of the journey toward sustainability involves us learning how to replenish nature as effectively as we have plundered her. Hence, establishing and maintaining the "food waste to compost to soil to food to food waste" cycle is both an efficient practice and a glimpse of the cycles we must learn to respect all around us.
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Council Forms A - Z
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Flood Information Application (Online)
Formal Access to Information Application (PDF)
Fire Safety Statement Form (Word)
Food Business Notification Form (Customer Portal)
Food Business - Home Based Business - Fact Sheet
Facility forms can be found on our Customer Portal
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Generic Statement Form (PDF)
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Stallholder Expression of Interest
Calling all Stallholders!Council are seeking Expressions of Interest for Food & Beverage and general stallholders interested in taking part in our events throughout the year.
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Stallholders will be added to a database and sent information relevant to their stall or business. If you are filling in this form to apply for a specific event you will be contacted by the events team.
Fill in form below or download the Expression of Interest Form
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Small Business Month Activities in Wollondilly this October
Wollondilly Shire Council will be hosting a series of free workshops to help support and educate local businesses during NSW Small Business Month this October.
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Council will be working in conjunction with local facilitator Jill Heaton from The Unleashed Collective, Alex Hawkins from Business Connect and Julie Lewis, Business Concierge from Service NSW to deliver the workshops. The events have been funded by a small grant from the State Government’s NSW Small Business Commission.
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Eat Organic Food
Too many pesticides, herbicides and fungicides in your food? Try eating organic.
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Organic food certification requires that crops and livestock are grown and reared naturally, without artificial fertilisers, synthetic pesticides, chemical feeds, growth-promotion drugs or routine antibiotics. As a result, organic produce is chemical-free, often higher in the nutrients and minerals our bodies require, and most importantly, it can taste better. Also, meat derived from free-range and organic farms co… -
New Business Wollondilly website showcases local opportunities
Wollondilly Council has launched a new website focussing on business, investment, lifestyle and tourism in the Shire.
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Mayor Robert Khan is pleased to announce the establishment of the website as a place where Council can further connect and support local business through the current challenges, as well as promoting the many investment prospects in the area.
Mayor Khan said, “This is a one stop website for community members, local business, future residents and investors, highlighting the amazi… -
Development Forms and Information A-Z
… Booking Form (Online)
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Dwelling Entitlement Enquiry (Online)
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Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines
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Farm Buildings - Fact Sheet (PDF)
Farm Dams - Fact Sheet (PDF)
Fire Safety Statement Form (Word)
Fire Safety in the Home - Fact Sheet (PDF)
Food Business Notification Form (Customer Portal)
Food Business - Home Based Business - Fact Sheet (PDF)
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Generic Statement Form (PDF)
Geotechnical Report Requirements (PDF)
Good Neighbour Charter for the Wollondilly Poultry Industry (PDF)
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Council to support local workshops for Small Business Month
October is Small Business Month, and in support of the NSW Government’s annual celebration of the small business sector Wollondilly Council will be hosting two free workshops thanks to a grant from NSW Treasury for Small Business.
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The workshops are aimed at local businesses, including those who are new or just starting up.
The first workshop, presented by Alex Hawkins from Business Connect is on Brand Building and is all about exploring your brand and using its power on social media. The secon… -
Buy Local and Seasonal Food
Locally produced food grown in sync with the seasons is fresher and requires less energy to produce and transport to you.
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Eating local and seasonal food supports local producers and the production of crops that are appropriate to our environment. It alleviates the reliance on long-distance transport and refrigeration of foods that are grown thousands of kilometres away. Foods grown in sync with the seasons are more in tune with our intuitive nutritional needs; after all, who wants a cucumber sa…
Wollondilly Shire Council acknowledges the Dharawal and Gundungurra peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land, honouring their enduring cultural and spiritual connection to Country and recognising their ongoing contribution to the Shire.
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